1986

[TheBrownBear]

Anyone else reminded of 1986 when you watch this team?

- "visibly" improving in first year under retread coach
- new QB with toughness and leadership ability who seems to be sparking the offense
- bad, but improving young defense
- late round no-name receiver emerging as a star (who gets a lot of his yards as yac too)
- lots of close losses (i.e. "better than their record" of 4-12)

[NOT THE DUDE...]

well they need to get 2 big time pass rushers next offseason and also another stud ilb...

[GreedoII]

Anyone else reminded of 1986 when you watch this team?

- "visibly" improving in first year under retread coach
- new QB with toughness and leadership ability who seems to be sparking the offense
- bad, but improving young defense
- late round no-name receiver emerging as a star (who gets a lot of his yards as yac too)
- lots of close losses (i.e. "better than their record" of 4-12)

Sorry Fitz is no Jim Kelly....

[YardRat]

The nice thing about the comparison is we seem to have managed to go from 1984 to 1986 in just a span of 11 games in one season this time.

[Nighthawk]

Sorry Fitz is no Jim Kelly....

Agreed, but you have to admit that for this team, this year....he is a good fit. He has made watching this team at least semi-enjoyable.

This team does not have the pieces that the 1986 team had, however, I can agree with the premise.